Yuriy Kravchenko

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Fedorovych and the family name is Kravchenko.

Yuriy Kravchenko Юрій Кравченко
File:Vladimir Putin with Yury Kravchenko-1.jpg Kravchenko with Vladimir Putin in 2000
Born	(1951-03-05)March 5, 1951 Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	near Kiev, Ukraine
Occupation	Ukrainian police officer and statesman

Yuriy Fedorovych Kravchenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Федорович Кравченко; March 5, 1951 – March 4, 2005) was a Ukrainian police officer and statesman. In 2000, while a Minister of Internal Affairs, Kravchenko became directly involved in the murder case of Georgiy Gongadze and subsequent Cassette Scandal. Later he was the governor of Kherson Oblast (December 2001 – April 2002) and Head of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine (December 2002 – June 2003).

Early biography

Born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Kravchenko was a militsiya officer who made the top-possible career in Ukrainian police. Minister of Internal Affairs from 1995 until sacking in March 2001.

Gongadze Case and Cassette Scandal

See also: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine § Post-Independence reformation and the Gongadze case

On 29 January 2013 a Ukrainian court ruled Oleksiy Pukach had murdered the journalist Georgiy Gongadze on orders from Kravchenko, who was seeking a career promotion.

Suspicious death

Kravchenko was found dead in his apartment near Kiev on March 4, 2005. He was at that time called as a witness in the murder case of Gongadze. It was claimed that Kravchenko committed suicide, some news reports claim that he was shot twice in the head.

See also

• Leonid Kuchma
• Ukraine without Kuchma
• Politics of Ukraine
• Government of Ukraine
• Multiple gunshot suicide

External links

• (Ukrainian) The Key Witness in the Gongadze Case Dead (March 2005 Ukrayinska Pravda article on the death of Kravchenko, analysing also his role in Gongadze case - includes fragments of the Melnychenko recordings featuring Kravchenko)